Winnebago
Township is the second from the Mississippi on the southern border of the county
and state. It has Mayville on the north, Jefferson on the east, Allamakee
County, Iowa on the south and named for the Winnebago Indians who frequented teh
region earlier.

The
organizational meeting was held on May 1858 at the house of E. Laflin. The
following were elected: Supervisors, Joseph Melvin, Fred Kohlmeier and
Edmund Lynch; Clerk, Lovel Houghton; Assessor, Lark Laflin; Collector Harvey
Jones; Overseer of the Poor, John Tourtelotte; Justices of the Peace, Asa Beman,
Herman Cartson; Constables Frederick Ruhe and James Templton; Overseer of Roads,
Freeman Graves.